exaSound designs and manufacturers audio electronics that help consumers detangle and simply play all of your computer music formats. Based on ESS Technology’s original premium ES9018S Classic SABRE32 Reference integrated circuit, the e28 Mark II is exaSound’s benchmark multichannel offering. The e28 is designed to not only natively support currently available stereo and six channel music files, but also formats that have yet to be released. ENclusiv™ comprehensive sample rate support includes audio data up to DSD256 (DSD4), along with PCM files sampled at up to 384 kHz at 32 bits. exaSound pioneered multichannel delivery of DSD4 to the home, the highest DSD sample rate commercially available.

New e28 Mark II features include auto–power up after sleep and user adjustable power down after inactivity, a maximum volume limiter when the output of the DAC is used to directly drive a power amplifier, and MP3Safe™ software protection against clipping caused by faulty or erroneous signal processing and data manipulation. The limiter allows the e28 to directly drive a power amplifier while protecting your loudspeakers from damaging overloads. MP3Safe analyzes incoming musical information, and safeguards against poorly formed data words caused by errors in lossy encoding and digital signal processing. MP3Safe takes the crunch out of your lower resolution music.

In addition to standard firmware and driver components, the Mark II hardware also has new added features. These include a redesigned, more substantial and deeply sculpted front escutcheon, and the ability to extinguish the display light via the e28’s included IR remote for no visual distractions while listening. A 12V trigger output has been added for amplifier sequencing and automation.

STANDARD IN QUALITY

Our flagship multichannel model, the e28 is a third generation DSD256 DAC. It offers the highest digital audio resolution available on the market today. e28 has vanishingly low distortion and noise levels, and astonishingly clean analog-like sound. Time–smearing jitter, that killer of realistic temporal reproduction, has been pushed down to miraculously low levels via the ZeroJitter™ asynchronous USB interface.

The octal 32 bit ESS SABRE9018S is configured in the e28 as a true eight channel converter. Careful consideration of the drive design and overall user experience makes multichannel playback as easy as stereo.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN »« AFFORDABLE PERFECTION

The difference is obvious from your very first listen, even with an ordinary Compact Disc. The e28 DAC offers a very neutral presentation, and the more resolving your system, the better it can perform. With very high quality HRA studio masters, you will hear the music literally as it was recorded, with nothing added and nothing taken away.